On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 11:12:42AM +0300, Jarle Aase wrote: > On 09/13/2015 10:57 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one > > version of Debian to other without losing data or without > > formatiing the partition, simply as Ubuntu does. An earlier mail in > > this mailing list stated to reboot from iso image and install in > > the same old traditional way. This Facebook post states something > > else, and I couldn't make sure what to do without bricking up my > > hard configured system. > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifewithdebian/permalink/10153149941663977/
> I usually do is to update /etc/apt/sources to the version I want I think 'edit /etc/apt/sources' is a less ambiguous. I would add that before editing /etc/apt/sources, I would make sure the current version is up to date first. > to upgrade to. Then I log out from X and log on to the console. > > # apt-get update > # apt-get upgrade > # apt-get dist-upgrade -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
